Contact Bookfly Design to learn more about our services for indie authors looking to self publish, to schedule a custom book cover design, or to arrange
for copyediting services for your manuscript.
(If you're interested
in copyediting as a standalone service, please contact us and we'd be happy to provide a free sample edit and quote.)
Keep in mind that I am paying to have this book professionally edited, and this is the same editor who did the Rebels books for me — and so I'll be asking her to do developmental - level edits for me as well
as copyedit - level changes.
Too many aspiring authors spend a fortune
on copyediting for manuscripts destined to get (at best) lukewarm reviews and generic rejection letters.
There aren't the «rules» for «good» or «bad» advice the way there is
with copyediting standards or grammar rules.
Learn about the different people and departments involved in the publishing process: • The various departments in a book publisher • The editorial process from manuscript to production hand - off • The production process
from copyediting to finished book or e-book
In addition to offering book reviews, we also offer editorial services
including copyediting, proofreading, fact - checking, and interior layout design.
Createspace has basic
copyediting at just 0.016 per word, but this is just for typos, grammar, errors — no rewriting or improved word choice (so they should really call it «proofreading»).
You'll pay about $ 1200 for
basic copyediting of your 60,000 - word novel, $ 1,899 for collaborative editing, and about $ 4,000 for consulting that includes two rounds of editing and final manuscript polishing.
Springing for a
professional copyedit with word count reduction is worth every penny — your future job prospects are at stake.
He is part of the team at BubbleCow.co.uk which specialises in helping writers get published
through copyediting manuscripts and helping with book proposals.
And just because your book was
well copyedited doesn't mean that you shouldn't get a proofread.
With the Challenge Two series just starting, all the stories will be read by my first reader and also
copyedited before I put them up and into book form.
Copy Editors My Mindjack Trilogy was
copyedited by Anne of Victory Editing, and she did an outstanding job.
Copyediting Book Tour (Blog tour) Book Trailer and elements for the trailer (music, video clips, images) Kindle Nation Daily ad Audio narration Free signed copies as part of previous promos.
To get this information, I would ask your publisher (and the editor) the following questions: Do you think my book needs any developmental / substantive editing before I go
into copyediting?
A proofreader only looks for things like inconsistencies in the formatting and other small errors which may have crept in during the production process or missed
during copyediting.
You can also consider bartering your own proofreading and / or
copyediting skills with your writing colleagues to help defray the costs.
The chairman of Penguin / Random House does
n't copyedit every book, nor does he try to design his own covers.
Then I did my own
copyedit pass and found some truly awful errors that had amazingly slipped past every one of my own reads as well as those of my beta readers.
When copyediting, I do not examine and make substantive suggestions for strengthening characters, plot, structure, argument, and theme.
Shelf Media offers professional -
level copyediting and proofing for self - published and traditionally published authors.
Copyediting works on the spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency within your book.
They have their hearts set on seeing that book in print or on the Amazon shelf, but don't take the time to
get copyediting or proofreading.
At Kit the Editor, we provide editing, formatting, and coaching services for authors, including: Proofreading
Copyediting Content editing Transition clean - up / ESL editing Smashwords formatting Kindle formatting Novel and nonfiction physical book layout Self - editing and revision techniques Critique resources Submission processes Print - on - demand services Manuscript preparation Outlinin...
Over nine years
experience copyediting, line editing, and proofreading for authors, publishers, and packagers.
For a 758 - page book I coedited in the mid-90s, I didn't just do my
own copyediting; I laid the whole book out in LaTeX.)
At 1106 Design, books are usually finished within 90 days if the editorial evaluation done at the beginning of the process recommends only a
typical copyedit for the manuscript.
Only if some publishing things comes up (such as looking
over copyedits) are we forced to look back.
Before opening and operating MorningStar Editing in 2007, I practiced proofreading and
copyediting while teaching English composition at both the community college and university levels, and as a staff reporter for a weekly business newspaper.
Find out with a free
sample copyedit of 2 pages (500 words) of your manuscript.
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